Hose-coupling.



No. 762,788. PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

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HOSE COUPLING.

AYPLIOATION FILED AUG. 24, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 14,1904.

PATENT ()FFIQE.

GEORGE 'VVESLEY WHITE, OF FOOTSCRAY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, AS SIGNOR TO JAMES VVAGGLEN, OF BURVVOOD ROAD, HAWTHORN,

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

\ a HOSE-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 762,788, dated June 14, 1904.

Application filed August 24, 1903. i

To all whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE WESLEY W ITE, fireman, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at the Fire Station, Droopstreet, Footscray, in the State of Victoria, Australia, have invented an Improved Hose-Coupling, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for attaching hose to metal fittings or connecting two lengths of hose; and it consists in a hose-coupling which can readily be applied, protects the hose end, is thoroughly reliable, and may, if required, be easily released. f

In the accompanying drawing, which is a half elevation and half vertical section 'of my improved hose-coupling as used for connecting two lengths of hose, it will be seen thatat one end is a coned sleeve or thimble 1, ridged or plain, adapted to 'be placed inside the hose end 2 and having its outer extremity 3 threaded to engage a correspondingly threaded nut 4, fitting within the-usual brass union 5 and adapted to be turned therewith when a pin or key 11 is temporarily inserted in the hole or keyway 6. Before said union and nut are applied a collar 7, coned internally to correspond with the above-mentioned coned sleeve 1, is slipped over the hose end 2, which is therefore jammed between the two, as shown, the degree of tightness being adjusted by screwing up the union 5 and with it the nut I, having a washer 8, which abuts against the end of the outer coned collar 7 This moves the sleeve 1 and said collar 7 in opposite directions, which forces them tightly together, thereby firmly gripping the hosebetween them and effecting a reliable coupling in a simple and expeditious manner, while the outer coned collar also protects the hose end from cutting, which is a serious defect in the ordinary form of coupling.

The female union 5 isthreaded internally in the usual manner to engage thehydrant or tap or, iffor connecting two hoses together, as shown in drawing, to receive the male union 9, which is also internally threaded, as at 10, so that it may be screwed to the coned sleeve or thimble 1 of the next hose end, which is secured in a similar manner, except certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claimi's 1. A hose-coupling comprising an externally-threaded coned thimble adapted to be inserted in the end of a hose-section and to extend therefrom, "an internally-coned collar adapted to surround the end of the hose-section, a female union provided with a keyway extending therethrough, a nut mounted on the union andadapted to' engage the screw-threads of said thimble, and a key extending through said keyway and engaging in said nut, substantially as herein shown and described.'

2. A hose-coupling comprising an externally-threaded coned thimble adapted to be inserted in the end of a hose-section and to extend therefrom, said threads provided with slits, an internally-coned collar adapted to surround the end of the hose-section, a female union provided with a keyway extending therethrouglna nut mounted on the union and adapted to engage the screw-threads of said thimble, a key extending through said keyway and engaging in said nut, anda locking-screw extending through the nut and engaging in one of the slits, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. A-hose-coupli ng comprising an externally-threaded coned thimble adapted to be inserted in the end of a hose-section and projected therefrom, said threads provided with slits, an internally-coned collar adapted to surround the end of the hose-section, a male union provided with internal threads adapted to engage the threads of the thimble, and a locking-screw extending through said union and engaging in one of said slits, substantially as herein shown and described.

cone-shaped members adapted to clamp a hose.

section between them, one of said members provided with screw-threads, a female unlon, a nut engaging wlth said screw-threaded member and With said union for connecting it thereto, means for locking the'union to the nut, said nut When operated adapted to move said members in opposite directions, and means for locking the nut to said screwthreaded member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WESLEY WHITE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WATERS, WILLIAM HERBERT WATERS. 

